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View of Teesside, site of the planned £1.5 billion Net Zero Teesside Power gas-fired power plant with carbon capture. Credit: Bill Allsopp / Alamy Stock Photo.
Norwegian Oil Giant's Plan to Capture UK's Carbon Is Fraught With Risks
By Edward Donnelly
on
The new Labour government is pledging billions to support projects based on climate-heating natural gas.
Logo of Saudi Arabian property developer NEOM Company. Credit: Timon Schneider / Alamy
uk/How Saudi Arabia’s Neom Giga Project Became a Global Showroom of False Climate Solutions
By Lyse Mauvais
on
Alongside other European powers, the UK is helping to supercharge Saudi Arabia’s attempt to hijack the global sustainability agenda.
Aerial view of a Syncrude oil sands mine and tailings dam in northeastern Alberta.
Alberta’s Oil Sands Operators Still Won’t Pay for Their Own Cleanup
By Mitch Anderson
on
Taxpayers are on the hook as the bitumen extraction industry continues to play by its own rules.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Why Alberta Should Scrap Its Misleading $7 Million Ad Blitz
By Mitch Anderson
on
The province launched its ‘scrap the cap’ campaign while burdening every Albertan household with $70,000 in oil industry liabilities.
Are oil companies willing to play with their own money on CSS? Credit: Buchsbaum Media
Oil Companies Insist Carbon Capture Is Safe – So Why Are Albertans Saddled with the Risks?
By Mitch Anderson
on
Proposed new rules for CCS projects transfer long-term liabilities to the province.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking in the House of Commons. Credit: Sky News
uk/Reform’s First 100 Days of Climate Science Denial in Parliament
By Adam Barnett
on
Experts accuse Farage’s party of a ‘deliberate campaign of misinformation about climate change’ in the House of Commons.
Conservative MPs Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick at the 2024 Conservative Party conference. Credit: Milo Chandler / Alamy
uk/Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick: Where Do They Stand on Climate Action?
By Adam Barnett
on
The final two Conservative candidates have worrying records on green issues.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government bought the costly Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in 2019.
Canadians Are Still Paying for Trudeau’s Trans Mountain Pipeline
By Mitch Anderson
on
Below-market pipeline tolls amount to an extra $18.8 billion subsidy to the oil industry, report finds.
Former Conservative MP Michael Gove. Credit: Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
uk/Michael Gove’s Climate Views Put Him on Collision Course With New Spectator Bosses
By Sam Bright
on
The former Tory MP appears to have markedly different views to the magazine’s owner, and chairman.
Researchers found GPT-fabricated content in Google Scholar mimicking scientific papers on issues including the environment, health, and computing. Credit: DeSmog
The ABCs of AI and Environmental Misinformation
By Stella Levantesi
on
DeSmog talks with AI researchers about the risks of widespread fake climate content and how to combat it.

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Analysis
Norwegian Oil Giant's Plan to Capture UK's Carbon Is Fraught With Risks
ByEdward Donnelly
on
The new Labour government is pledging billions to support projects based on climate-heating natural gas.
Series: Investigating Carbon Capture in Europe
View of Teesside, site of the planned £1.5 billion Net Zero Teesside Power gas-fired power plant with carbon capture. Credit: Bill Allsopp / Alamy Stock Photo.
Analysis
uk/How Saudi Arabia’s Neom Giga Project Became a Global Showroom of False Climate Solutions
ByLyse Mauvais
on
Alongside other European powers, the UK is helping to supercharge Saudi Arabia’s attempt to hijack the global sustainability agenda.
Logo of Saudi Arabian property developer NEOM Company. Credit: Timon Schneider / Alamy
Analysis
Alberta’s Oil Sands Operators Still Won’t Pay for Their Own Cleanup
ByMitch Anderson
on
Taxpayers are on the hook as the bitumen extraction industry continues to play by its own rules.
Aerial view of a Syncrude oil sands mine and tailings dam in northeastern Alberta.
Analysis
Why Alberta Should Scrap Its Misleading $7 Million Ad Blitz
ByMitch Anderson
on
The province launched its ‘scrap the cap’ campaign while burdening every Albertan household with $70,000 in oil industry liabilities.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Analysis
Oil Companies Insist Carbon Capture Is Safe – So Why Are Albertans Saddled with the Risks?
ByMitch Anderson
on
Proposed new rules for CCS projects transfer long-term liabilities to the province.
Are oil companies willing to play with their own money on CSS? Credit: Buchsbaum Media
Analysis
uk/Reform’s First 100 Days of Climate Science Denial in Parliament
ByAdam Barnett
on
Experts accuse Farage’s party of a ‘deliberate campaign of misinformation about climate change’ in the House of Commons.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking in the House of Commons. Credit: Sky News
Analysis
uk/Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick: Where Do They Stand on Climate Action?
ByAdam Barnett
on
The final two Conservative candidates have worrying records on green issues.
Conservative MPs Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick at the 2024 Conservative Party conference. Credit: Milo Chandler / Alamy
Analysis
Canadians Are Still Paying for Trudeau’s Trans Mountain Pipeline
ByMitch Anderson
on
Below-market pipeline tolls amount to an extra $18.8 billion subsidy to the oil industry, report finds.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government bought the costly Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in 2019.
Analysis
uk/Michael Gove’s Climate Views Put Him on Collision Course With New Spectator Bosses
BySam Bright
on
The former Tory MP appears to have markedly different views to the magazine’s owner, and chairman.
Former Conservative MP Michael Gove. Credit: Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Analysis
The ABCs of AI and Environmental Misinformation
ByStella Levantesi
on
DeSmog talks with AI researchers about the risks of widespread fake climate content and how to combat it.
Series: Gaslit, Tech vs Climate
Researchers found GPT-fabricated content in Google Scholar mimicking scientific papers on issues including the environment, health, and computing. Credit: DeSmog